12-letter words containing b, e, f
- olefin fiber — any of a group of synthetic textile fibers, as Herculon, formed from long-chain polymers no less than 85 percent ethylene, propylene, or other olefin units.
- on behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- opera bouffe — a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
- prefabricate — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- problem-free — without problems
- quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- rabbit fever — tularemia.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
- safe harbour — a place that offers protection from the weather, attack, etc
- safe-breaker — a person who breaks open and robs safes
- safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-benefit — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- self-blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- semiflexible — moderately or somewhat flexible.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- soboliferous — bearing or producing soboles
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subjectified — to make subjective.
- subjectifies — to make subjective.
- subreference — a secondary reference
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the-firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
- to sb's face — If you say something to someone's face, you say it openly in their presence.
- tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- treble staff — a staff, bearing a treble clef.
- trouble-free — not problematic
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unbefriended — having no friends or companions
- unbeneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.